Orange tabby cat with a sign over his head. If cats could text you back, they would not.

Truth. #Caturday

Next week is 10 years since we lost Prince. Since then, the community of Prince scholars has come together regularly for academic symposia on his legacy and works; you can watch for free this weekend if you'd like to join us online or in person at NYU. Just register here! iwonderu.polishedsolid.com

Nobody makes a big deal out of the Kenwood giraffe. It's carved from a tree just like the Lake of the Isles pencil. Same artist. Nobody throws an annual festival in its honor.

Opinion | Beware conservatives promoting “intellectual freedom” Victor Ray: This conservative lie about schools like mine is furthering authoritarianism

Making tenure count, for MSNOW I wrote about my employer, The University of Iowa, creating a center for intellectual freedom. It's a reactionary project built on decades of conservative propaganda about higher ed.

Can’t stop watching this.. 😊

Adding to reading list.

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FYI if you're in the Twin Cities metro area, you should be able to use your library card to get two passes for this exhibit for free via smARTpass. That's a $40 value. Yay libraries!

smartpass.melsa.org/events?start...

I'm moonscrolling

Iran Join Rick as he explores the most surprising and fascinating land he's ever visited: Iran. In a one-hour, ground-breaking travel special on public television, you'll discover the splendid monuments of...

My one-hour special “Rick Steves Iran: Yesterday and Today,” which helps humanize 90 million Iranian people, is streaming free and ad-free at www.ricksteves.com/watch-iran.

You have more in common with the people of Iran than you do with anyone in this administration, any member of the technocracy, anyone who is profiting from this war, or any billionaire. When you see Iranians forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites, you should feel a sense of kinship.

This.

Like, a few years ago I was more willing to say "okay yeah you booked this years in advance and this shit really got bad fast, so let's talk how to make things as safe as possible"

But now? The conferences now were largely booked around the time of *those* conversations, so......👀

Live From Minneapolis (3/31/2026) YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

For the first time ever, Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band will stream the two opening songs of the Springsteen & E Street Land of Hope & Dreams American Tour kickoff in Minneapolis — live and free at approximately 7:30 p.m. CT tonight!

Immigrant-Owned Restaurant Guide Submission Crowd-Sourced Map of Local Favorites to Recommend

Remember the crowd-sourced burrito map we did last year?

As we deal with the new reality of Metro Surge & the ongoing damage, I’m putting together a new map. An immigrant-owned restaurant guide to help support our neighbors.

Here’s a form to submit recommendations!

forms.gle/f8mQEjk8daNJ...

The Surprising Reason for the New Homophobia Americans are burned-out, frustrated, and hunting for scapegoats.

“The New Homophobia,” has some interesting insights, and describes the paradoxical nature of straight men’s obsession with looks as being oddly stereotypically “gay” — a thing I’ve noticed and found odd, to say the least…but there is a lot of confusion within, too. (Non-paywall follows)

John Waters never disappoints

As political pressure mounts, medical school accreditor drops requirement to teach about health equity The leading medical school accreditation body in the U.S. has removed language from its standards requiring schools to teach about health inequities

"The leading medical school accreditation body in the U.S. has removed language from its standards that had required schools it validates to teach about health inequities."

Shame. We don't live in a vacuum. All physicians should understand the structural forces that impact their patients' health.

This performance on the Lawrence Welk Show is pure gold.✨✨✨

Neil Levang - Ghost Riders In The Sky (1961) 🎶🎸🔥🔥🔥
#musiciansky #MusicSky #indiemusic #soulmusic #bestsongheardtoday

This is up there for "worst taxonomy projects" I have ever worked on, btw, although I used to do them for fancy web agencies and now it's me and several other miscreants running on pure bloodymindedness.

Mainstream media could do a lot better job covering social movements.

It’s not easy to organize hundreds of thousands of people to take time on a Saturday to protest. It’s not a party, it’s a result of ineffective representation in Gov.

Every effort to build a resilient society is worth it.

Social movement scholar here to comment on No King again. a 🧵:

These protests are important b/c:

1.) as sustained image events, protests offer evidence of continued disapproval of the direction the country is going and disavowal of the country's leadership.

A park path with a black bocce ball and houses in the distance

You might be in Saint Paul if there’s a random single bocce ball on the ground

Our protest sign drop box.

ATTENTION ST. PAUL: first protest sign donation site is open at Mischief Toy Store! Your protest sign belongs in a museum, not the recycling bin. When you're done with your protest signs, stop by Mischief Toy Store-the drop off box is just inside the front door. They're open Tues-Sat 11-8 and Sun 11-5 (closed Mondays) at 818 Grand Ave. Pick up some resistance stickers, a new board game, or a pickled candy egg while you're there. Actually, maybe skip the pickled candy egg. But don't skip donating your sign! We'll be cataloguing all signs in a publicly accessible digital archive of resistance art, and curating a selection in our (free to enter) museum exhibit. Thanks, Mischief Toys!

Yes, it's true! We're helping to collect protest signs for The Rebel Loon Archive. The drop box is just inside the door. We're proud to be part of this effort to document the resistance in #Minnesota.

(Also, it's true. The pickled eggs are the worst. Not sure why we brought them in...🤪)

NIH grant terminations affected women scientists more than men, study finds A new paper shows that women, particularly those early in their careers, have been disproportionately affected by NIH grant terminations.

According to a new study, NIH grant terminations affected women scientists more than men www.statnews.com/2026/03/23/n...

HCMC — the most important safety net hospital in the Upper Midwest — is on the verge of collapse, while Mayo netted $1.5 billion in profit.

It’s not just a struggling institution, it’s a broken system.

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video) YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

Something I didn’t anticipate about living under full Federal fascism is how quickly I would forget things. Things that happened a week ago are quickly memory-holed because we have to endure a daily firehose of bullshit.

Yesterday, I decided to watch/listen to Bruce’s Streets of Minneapolis again.

☑️ to wishlist.

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Imma disco ball shark

I DEEPLY and MIGHTILY APPROVE of this sorta thing.

Obligatory

IMMA SPARKLE SHARK.

Feb 25, 2026 - USPOP Poetry, Science and Wrestling is a weekly radio program from KFAI in Minneapolis, broadcast live every Wednesday, 8-10am at 90.3 fm, and online at kfai.org - this page is a collection of interviews an

Great afternoon sounds: catching up with USPOP band on KFAI this week. 😂 🪩 💂